Bluebird Speed Trials Pendine Sands (2011)
Bluebird Speed Trials Pendine Sands (2011)
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- Release Date: 14th August 2011
- Asset ID: 804818
- Synopsis: A mini documentary style report on the Electric Bluebird 'UK Land Speed Record' attempt, Pendine Sands 13th/14th August. Interviews and captions tell a story of the record breaking attempt. Don Wales and his family history (Campbell's) and Castrol's association with record breaking attempts and pioneers - being on the 'Edge'.
- Shotlist: 10:00:00 START. Colour master footage of an attempt on the quarter mile and 500m land speed records by Joe Wales (Great-grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell and great-nephew of Donald Campbell) driving the Bluebird Electric with the Bluebird Land Speed Team (working with Castrol Racing). Castrol Racing logo. Establishing beach shots at Pendine Sands, Wales (14th August 2011). Interviews with Joe Wales and his father Don Wales (UK Electric Land Speed Record Holder- 137mph). 10:01:09 Black and white film footage of Sir Malcolm Campbell breaking his own previous Land Speed Record (that he had set in the original Bluebird). 10:01:35 Footage of Donald Campbell in both black and white, then colour, as Don Campbell discusses both Sir Malcolm Campbell and Donald Campbells legacies. 10:02:11 Martin Rees (Project Director, Bluebird Land & Water Speed Record Project) discusses Castrol's support for the project. 10:02:27 Donald Smith (Global Sponsorship Manager, Castrol) notes Castrol's involvement in 1998 Land Speed Record
- Production Company: None
- Licensing Restrictions: None
- Viewing Restrictions: Public
- Format: Digibeta_Small
- Alternative Language Notes: None